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Today in Photos, September 14

14 Sep 2013

Adventurer Jonathan Trappe sets off from Caribou in a daring bid to drift across the Atlantic in a cluster balloon, a geyser of floodwater shoots out of a sewer in Colorado, and more around the World ...

Feeling deflated - Adventurer Jonathan Trappe sets off from Caribou, Maine, in the US, in a daring bid to drift across the Atlantic in a cluster balloon. Trappe departed in bright dawn sunshine to the strains of The Star-Spangled Banner and cheers from his ground crew, who spent the night inflating his 370 balloons with helium. But he was forced to abandon his flight over Newfoundland in Canada after experiencing technical difficulties. Photo: AP